Feminism, Marriage, and the Law in Victorian England, 1850-1895

Type

Book

Authors

Mary Lyndon Shanley

ISBN 10

0691024871

ISBN 13

9780691024875

Tags

Civil Rights, England, Women in History, Legal History, Social Sciences, Feminist Theory, Marriage & Family, European, History & Theory, Europe, Law, Political History, Gender Studies, Sociology

Description

Bridging the fields of political theory and history, this comprehensive study of Victorian reforms in marriage law reshapes our understanding of the feminist movement of that period. As Mary Shanley shows, Victorian feminists argued that justice for women would not follow from public rights alone, but required a fundamental transformation of the marriage relationship. - from Amzon

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